The Hubble Space Telescope captured a celestial fireworks show in a miniature galaxy, coming just in time for the Fourth of July. The galaxy, named Kiso 5639, is located 82 million light-years away from Earth. A photo released by NASA shows just how busy the "tadpole" galaxy is as a firestorm of

NASA 's overachieving Hubble Space Telescope keeps plugging along with its discoveries -- and will be doing so for at least the next five years after NASA extended its science operations contract to operate the telescope through 2021. "Hubble is expected to continue to provide valuable data into

As Mars makes a close approach to Earth this month, NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope took the opportunity to snap a new portrait of the Red Planet in all of its glory. The image , which was taken in natural color, shows details of Mars' surface as small as 20 miles across. The Martian portrait was

Scientists have discovered the rebel of black holes: A supermassive black hole weighing 17 billion suns, lurking in a part of the cosmos where such entities are rarely observed. The largest supermassive black holes are typically found at the center of large galaxies in areas of the universe with

After spending a year in space, astronaut Scott Kelly plans to retire next month, NASA announced in a press release today. Kelly, 52, joined the Astronaut Corps in 1996 and currently holds the record for the most time spent in space, NASA said. His retirement will take place April 1. Following his